Woven label and means for attachment to sweaters by looping machine or the like



April 30, 1957 BE 790,226

. -2 WOVEN LABEL. AND MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT T0 SWEATEI QS BY LOOPING'MACHINE OR THE LIKE Filed March 19, 1956 INVEN TOR. lsmlzmE: FEINBERB 6 HTTUAWEY WOVEN LABEL AND MEANS FOR ATTACHNIENT T SWEATERS BY LOOPING MACHINE OR THE Isidore Feinberg', New'York, N. Y.

Application March 19, 1956, Serial No. 572,247

3 Claims. (CI. 28-78) This invention relates to the art of garment labels and particularly concerns a label adapted for attachment to a garment by a looping machine.

Roll neck edges on woolen garments are generally formed on looping machines. These machines form a strip of knitted material into a loop over one edge of the body a garment and simultaneously stitch the looped-over material to the body with threads disposed between the yarn strands of the knitted fabric so that the stitching will stretch with the fabric.

Heretofore it has not been possible to sew a conventional woven label under the roll neck of the garment because the dense construction of the label does not allow it to be pushed on the needles of the looping machine. Such labels therefore have been attached to the back of knitted garments by sewing on a conventional sewing machine or by hand. When a sewing machine is used, stitches show on the outside of the garment which is very objectionable. When the sewing is done by hand, the procedure is slow and wasteful of time and labor, and visible stitches are made on the outside of the garment. The knitted fabric is quite elastic while the conventional label is not. The inelastic threads tear easily so that labels sewn on a knitted garment by a conventional sewing machine or by hand soon come ofi especially during washing and cleaning.

In the present invention these difiiculties have been overcome by providing a label with a thin zone or portion produced by rearranging or removing warp threads in the closely woven label. In this thin zone, the remaining weft threads are loosely held. Thus the label can easily be slipped over the needles of the looping machine at the thin zone. An operator can thus attach a label to the roll neck of a knitted garment at the same time that the roll neck is formed. The stitching of the label stretches with the remainder of the fabric so that the attachment is permanent. A saving in cost of manufacture occurs because the label is attached in the same operation as the forming and sewing of the roll neck instead of in a separate operation. No unsightly or objectionable stitching caused by the presence of the label appears on the outside of the garment.

It is therefore a principal object of the invention to provide a label having a densely woven body with a thin zone having loosely held weft threads.

it is a further object to provide a label having a thick densely woven body with a thin narrow zone adjacent one edge, the narrow zone being substantially free of warp threads.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

in the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a woven label embodying the invention.

Fig. 4 is an elevational sectional view of a label, garment body and roll neck member mounted for stitching on a looping machine, according to the invention.

The label it) shown in Fig. 1 is a rectangular piece of cloth densely woven with crossing warp and weft threads.

Near one edge 12; is a narrow marginal portion 11. Adjacent this densely woven narrow marginal portion is a narrow, thin zone or portion 14 which contains few or no warp threads. The remaining weft threads 15 are thus free in this zone and can be moved apart easily.

In Figs. 2 and 3 is shown the label 10 carrying a suitable indicia 16 on the body thereof. A line of stitching 17 simultaneosuly binds the upper marginal portion M of the body 18 of a knitted garment, the label 10 and the looped neckband 1%. The neckband is folded to form a U-shaped channel in which are disposed the margins of the label and garment body. One side 20 of the looped neckband is disposed at the outer side of the garment. The other side 22 of the band overlies the upper margin M and portions ill and T4 of the label.

In Fig. 4 is shown a portion of a base plate 23 of a looping machine. This machine may be of a type which carries a plurality of needles 24 disposed in a circular array. A conventional type of looping machine may be used such as disclosed in Patent Number 2,050,563 issued August 11, 1936, for the purposes of the present invention. The side portion 24 of the neckband is first placed over the needles. Then over this side portion 20 the garment body with margin M is placed over the needles. Then the label 10 is placed over the needles. The needles readily pass through zone 1-:- because the loosely held weft threads 15 move aside to permit the needles to pass. Over the label is placed the side portion 21 overlying zones 11 and 14. The loose knitted yarn readily separates to permit the needles to pass through the fabric without injury to the yarn.

As the base 23 rotates to the stitching position indicated as P in Fig. 2, the outer portion 19 is bent down ward to form the loop 19. The machine structure required to perform this operation forms no part of this invention and is omitted from the drawings.

It is the loose or free arrangement of the weft threads of zone 14 which make it possible to place the densely woven label on the needles 24 so that the simultaneous stitching and looping may be performed. The label when so attached is held with an elastic stitch which stretches with the fabric of the garment body and the looped neckband, and remains so held for the life of the garment.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patout is:

1. In a knitted garment, the combination comprising a knitted fabric body, a channel formed by a looped knitted roll neck enclosing a marginal portion of said body, a fabric label having a straight edge, said label having densely woven warp and weft threads, said label having a narrow zone coextensive with said edge, said zone being substantially free of warp threads, and a thread stitched through said zone between loosely held weft threads therein and through said marginal portion and opposite sides of said roll neck.

2. In amethod of garment manufacture, the steps comprising placing a knitted portion of a neckband on needles of a looping machine, placing a marginal portion of a knitted garment on the needles over said neckband portion, placing a densely interwoven label having a zone substantially free of warp threads over said portion so that said needles pass through said zone, and simultaneously looping a free portion of said band over said label and said marginal portion and stitchingsaid label,

marginal portion and band together with elastic stitches.

3. In a knitted garment, the combination comprising a knitted roll neck, a knitted fabric body having a marginal portion enclosed by said roll, a label having densely interwoven warp and weft threads, and a thread binding References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Schlegel luly 12,'l92l Habib Dec. 27, 1938 

